Anne Fasting
About
Summary:
Aims: The overall purpose of the project is to gain insight in and knowledge about how GPs understand their role within palliation in primary care, with the national guideline serving as the gold standard for comparison, i.e. map versus terrain.
Background: The number of people in need of palliative treatment increases at the same time as there is a shift from care being given in institutions towards care at home. The collaboration is complex, requiring a high degree of competence for all health workers involved. Patients wants to be cared for, and possibly die in their own home. There is a mismatch between these patient wishes and the actual circumstances. The GP is in the literature regarded as an important worker in the palliative trajectories, as the primary care coordinator, and this key role of the GP is also reflected in the national guideline for palliative care in Norway. In practice, this seems not to be the case, and in a recent evaluation of the health service for seriously ill and dying patients, the GP is called for in the palliative trajectory. Thus, there is a discrepancy between the observed role of the GP and what is desirable in relation to palliative work.
Material and method: The project is a two-part study. The first study is a questionnaire survey to GPs, and aims to provide an overview and achieve knowledge about GPs’ experiences from the field of palliative care, including their experience with home death and the terminal phase, and the collaboration with the specialist health service. The study also targets GPs' knowledge of key concepts in the guideline. The questionnaire was sent to all (N = 246) GPs in the Norwegian county “Møre og Romsdal” in 2014. The respons rate was 57%. The second study is focus groups interviews with GPs. This study will explore, to a greater extent than the questionnaire survey, the experiences the GPs have with palliative care and how they understand their role in working with patients in need of palliative care. The guideline will serve as the gold standard for comparison. The interview guide builds on results from the questionnaire survey.
Publications
2025
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2025)
PUT ON THE SIDELINES:A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BARRIERS TO GPS’ PARTICIPATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION IN NORWAY.
portuguese journal of family medicine and general practice
Conference abstract
2024
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Fasting, Anne.
(2024)
Etisk utfordrende situasjoner ved livets slutt.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Academic article
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2024)
Put on the sidelines of palliative care: a qualitative study of important barriers to GPs’ participation in palliative care and guideline implementation in Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Academic article
2023
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Fasting, Anne;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz;
Hetlevik, Irene.
(2023)
General practitioners’ role in palliative care: map versus terrain. Doctoral thesis.
NTNU
Doctoral thesis
2022
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2022)
Finding their place – general practitioners' experiences with palliative care—a Norwegian qualitative study.
BMC Palliative Care
Academic article
2021
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2021)
Palliative care in general practice; a questionnaire study on the GPs role and guideline implementation in Norway.
BMC Family Practice
Academic article
2020
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Brenne, Anne-Tove;
Nordbø, Arve;
Steine, Siri;
Fasting, Anne;
Berglund, Maren Anne;
Røynstrand, Endre;
Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth.
(2020)
Palliativ behandling av pasienter med covid-19.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Commentary
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Fasting, Anne;
Brenne, Anne-Tove;
Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth;
Berglund, Maren Anne;
Sjøblom, Bjørg;
Bjørgaas, Målfrid Holmaas.
(2020)
Tiden er moden for en egen spesialitet i palliativ medisin.
Dagens medisin
Commentary
2018
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Fasting, Anne;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz;
Hetlevik, Irene.
(2018)
Palliative primary care – a Norwegian questionnaire study on General Practitioners’ role.
Abstractsamling PMU
Conference abstract
Journal publications
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2025)
PUT ON THE SIDELINES:A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BARRIERS TO GPS’ PARTICIPATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION IN NORWAY.
portuguese journal of family medicine and general practice
Conference abstract
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2022)
Finding their place – general practitioners' experiences with palliative care—a Norwegian qualitative study.
BMC Palliative Care
Academic article
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2021)
Palliative care in general practice; a questionnaire study on the GPs role and guideline implementation in Norway.
BMC Family Practice
Academic article
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Fasting, Anne.
(2024)
Etisk utfordrende situasjoner ved livets slutt.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Academic article
-
Brenne, Anne-Tove;
Nordbø, Arve;
Steine, Siri;
Fasting, Anne;
Berglund, Maren Anne;
Røynstrand, Endre;
Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth.
(2020)
Palliativ behandling av pasienter med covid-19.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Commentary
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Fasting, Anne;
Brenne, Anne-Tove;
Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth;
Berglund, Maren Anne;
Sjøblom, Bjørg;
Bjørgaas, Målfrid Holmaas.
(2020)
Tiden er moden for en egen spesialitet i palliativ medisin.
Dagens medisin
Commentary
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Fasting, Anne;
Hetlevik, Irene;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz.
(2024)
Put on the sidelines of palliative care: a qualitative study of important barriers to GPs’ participation in palliative care and guideline implementation in Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Academic article
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Fasting, Anne;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz;
Hetlevik, Irene.
(2018)
Palliative primary care – a Norwegian questionnaire study on General Practitioners’ role.
Abstractsamling PMU
Conference abstract
Student thesis or dissertation
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Fasting, Anne;
Mjølstad, Bente Prytz;
Hetlevik, Irene.
(2023)
General practitioners’ role in palliative care: map versus terrain. Doctoral thesis.
NTNU
Doctoral thesis
Outreach
2025
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Conference posterTarberg, Anett Skorpen; Driller, Bardo; Fasting, Anne; Staats, Katrine; Ervik, Bente. (2025) A24 P Nasjonalt forskningsnettverk for palliasjon i primærhelsetjenesten (NFPP). Landskonferanse i kreftsykepleie
2024
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Conference posterTarberg, Anett Skorpen; Driller, Bardo; Fasting, Anne; Staats, Katrine; Ervik, Bente. (2024) Nasjonalt forskningsnettverk for palliasjon i primærhelsetjenesten (NFPP). Landskonferansen i palliasjon
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Lecture
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Conference posterTarberg, Anett Skorpen; Driller, Bardo; Fasting, Anne; Staats, Katrine; Ervik, Bente. (2024) Nasjonalt forskningsnettverk for palliasjon i primærhelsetjenesten. 18. Landskonferansen i palliasjon – «Et åpent vindu mot verden».
2020
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Feature articleFasting, Anne; Staats, Katrine; Fosse, Anette; Ervik, Bente; Sørstrøm, Anne Kristine. (2020) Palliasjon: Forskning i primærhelsetjenesten må til.
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Interview
2019
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Interview
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Conference posterFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2019) Palliative care in general practice; a Norwegian questionnaire study on the GPs role. Nordic congress of general practice
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Conference lectureFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2019) General Practitioners' experiences with palliative and end of life care: a Norwegian qualitative study. Nidaroskongressen
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LectureFasting, Anne. (2019) Fastlegers erfaring og rolleforståelse ved palliasjon. Januarseminaret 2019, Fastlegens rolle i livets sluttfase
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LectureFasting, Anne. (2019) Palliativ plan Møre og Romsdal. Januarseminaret 2019, Fastlegens rolle i livets sluttfase
2018
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Conference lectureFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2018) Palliasjon i primærhelsetjenesten- fastlegens rolle. forskningsseminar for prosjekter relatert til palliasjon innenfor primærhelsetjenesten:
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Conference lectureFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2018) A Norwegian study of GPs role in palliative care; Map versus terrain?. Forskningsgruppen: Omsorg, pleie og behandling av alvorlig syke og/eller døende
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Interview
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Conference posterFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2018) Primary palliative care; From the GPs’ perspective. NAFALM-seminaret 2018
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Lecture
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Conference lectureFasting, Anne; Mjølstad, Bente Prytz; Hetlevik, Irene. (2018) Palliative primary care – a Norwegian questionnaire study on General Practitioners’ role. Forskningsdagen PMU
2017
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Lecture